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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (8858)	9/1/2008 8:41:49 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	of 15987

Vladimir Putin the hero 'saves TV crew from tiger attack' (typical personality cult) A macho Vladimir Putin was lauded by Russian media for supposedly saving a TV crew from a grisly death at the jaws of a Siberian tiger. By Our Foreign Staff Last Updated: 9:13AM BST 01 Sep 2008 Vladimir Putin locks a collar with a satellite tracker on the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger. Photo: PA The Russian prime minister was visiting the Ussuri reserve in Siberia, observing how researchers monitor the tigers in the wild, when a trapped beast escaped and charged towards a nearby camera crew. Mr Putin apparently quickly shot the beast and sedated it with a tranquilizer gun. "Vladimir Putin not only managed to see the giant predator up close but also saved our television crew too," a presenter on Rossiya television said at the start of the main evening news. Footage of the former KGB spy, who cultivated a macho image during his eight years as the Kremlin chief, showed him striding through the taiga in camouflage and desert boots before grappling with the tiger. Mr Putin helped measure the Amur tiger's incisors before placing a satellite transmitter around the neck of the beast, which can weigh up to 450 kg. The scenes were reminiscent of the photographs released last year that showed the leader stripped to the waist in a series of macho hunting poses. telegraph.co.uk

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